Police Blotter 11/12/12

FRANKLIN

ARMED ROBBERY, Friday. Two slim black males wearing black clothing and bandanas, one of whom reportedly was armed with a sawed-off shotgun, allegedly robbed a late-night commuter as he was walking home around 12:30 a.m. on Route 27, police said. The suspects went through his pockets, took his cell phone and fled into New Brunswick, police said. No one was injured in the incident, they said. The case is under investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and the township's detective bureau.

LINDEN

ROBBERY AND TERRORISTIC THREATS, Tuesday. Police detectives charged Travis D. Foster, 18, of Hillside, for an incident which occurred Nov. 2 in Linden. On that date, at 7:10 PM, a victim, 20, of Linden, told police that he was standing outside his residence in the darkness caused by the hurricane power outage when Foster ran up to him and tackled him. The victim said that Foster then held a knife to his chest while "running his pockets" and stealing $170 in cash, police said. Foster then fled on a bicycle. The victim told police he recognized Foster as a former classmate from Linden High School, police said. Foster, a former Linden resident, was located at his residence by detectives armed with an arrest warrant charging him with robbery, terroristic threats, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, police said. He is being held in the Union County Jail on $250,000 bail.

STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERY, During the past week, detectives visited two local businesses and recovered approximately $110,000 in stolen property. In the first incident on Nov. 2, police were notified that five incubator analyzers, valued at $2,000 each, were purchased with a stolen credit card from a California-based medical supply company and shipped to a company warehouse on E. Linden Avenue, police said. Detectives arrived at the warehouse, which is a Nigerian-based overseas shipper, and recovered the analyzers, which were headed to Nigeria, police said. The property will be returned to the California company. In the second incident, detectives were contacted on Nov. 5 by OnStar who told them they tracked two stolen sport-utility vehicles to another Linden warehouse, police said. The warehouse, a Russian-based overseas shipper, was located on Lower Road. Detectives went to the warehouse on Nov. 6 and discovered two 2012 Buick Enclave vehicles, valued at approximately $50,000 each, police said. The vehicles were stolen from a dealership in Maryland in early October, police said. They were then shipped to the Linden warehouse after their vehicle identification numbers were changed to make them appear as legitimate. The vehicles were headed to the Russian Ukraine. Both investigations are ongoing. No arrests were made in either case, police said.

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Police Blotter 11/12/12

ARMED ROBBERY, Friday. Two slim black males wearing black clothing and bandanas, one of whom reportedly was armed with a sawed-off shotgun, allegedly robbed a late-night commuter as he was walking

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